New Wood (1974)

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Original Release: 1974
CD Release: September 1994
Label: Philo Records
All songs written by Si Kahn
Currently Out of Print

used, and often, new copies
can be found online

 Gone Gonna Rise Again
Backroom Lady
Like Butter Loves Bread
Brookside Strike
Better Half of You
Talking Politician
New Year’s Eve
Mervin Barr
Truck Driving Woman
Blue Ribbon for the Boys at the Bar
Lawrence Jones
First Time at a War
Moonshine Man
Aragon Mill
Rack ‘Em Up Eddie
Curtains of Old Joe’s House
Sunrise

Musicians:

Si Kahn (lead vocals, guitar, harmony vocals, fiddle)
John McCutcheon (Appalachian dulcimer, mandolin, harmonica, guitar, banjo, harmony vocals, chorus)
Jon Sundell (autoharp, guitar, banjo, harmony vocals, chorus)
Rich Kirby (mandolin, guitar, harmony vocals, chorus)
Jimmy Baird (electric bass)
Jack Wright (electric bass, chorus)
Tom Bledsoe (chorus)

In Honor of Si’s 80th Birthday Today, April 23,

Please Join Us in Launching the Si Kahn Living Legacy

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, John McCutcheon

The goal of the Si Kahn Living Legacy is to build awareness of, support for, and public access to the amazingly large body of Si’s creative work that no one except Si has ever seen, and ultimately to keep it alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.  Si has been recognized internationally as one of the most important English language social justice songwriters, connecting his cultural work and social activism like so many before him, including Pete Seeger (with whom he worked, toured, and recorded) and Woody Guthrie.  

Nora Guthrie and others started the Woody Guthrie Archives long after Woody’s passing. As Si turns the corner to his 80th birthday, it’s a perfect time to think ahead, to gather, catalog, and make available those of his songs, stories, book manuscripts, poems, and other creative works that have never before been seen or heard by anyone except Si. The time to do this is now, while he’s healthy, still actively creating, and available as a friendly resource to the Living Legacy’s growth and development. 

It of course takes funding to build and maintain a major project like this. Your contributions are tax-deductible, as the project is managed by and part of the 501(c)3 non-profit Generations: Music for Justice (EIN 87-1647310).

Let’s do this together, recognizing the importance of Si’s life not just as an organizer and musician, but as a humane, generous, deeply kind person, who has spent his entire life trying to make this tired world a kinder, gentler, more just place for all of us.